Glory, glory,
all glories to you, O sovereign and support of the world! You are the lord of
all, most perfect, infinite, unborn, immanent, and the very God of the universe.JAI JAI DHARANIIDHARA SHRUTI SAAGARA,JAYATI
GADAADHARA SADGUNA AAGARA
SHRI VASUDEVA DEVAKII NANDANA,VAASUDEVA NAASHANA BHAVA PHADANA

Glory to you, O
support of the earth and ocean of Vedic knowledge! Glory to you, O wielder of a
club and treasure house of all noble virtues! O Krishna, you are the delight of
Vasudeva and Devaki and destroyer of the noose of birth and death.NAMO NAMO SACHARAACHARA SVAAMII,PARAMBRAHMA
PRABHU NAMO NAMO NAMAAMI
NAMO NAMO TRIBHUVANA PATI IISHA,KAMALAAPATI KESHAVA YOGIISHA

I revere you
again and again, O Lord of every animate and inanimate creature; I do obeisance
to you, O Lord, attributeless and impersonal and glorify you as the Lord of the
three spheres, as the beloved consort of Kamalaa (Lakshmi) as Keshava and as
supreme among the yogis.GARURADHVAJA AJA BHAVA HAARII,MURALIIDHARA
HARI MADANA MURAARII
NAARAAYANA SHRIIPATI PURUSHOTTAMA,PADMANAABHI NARAHARI SARVOTTAMA

Your banner, O
Lord, is emblazoned with the figure of Garura you; you are unborn, the dispeller
of all worldly dread (of birth and death), Krishna the flute-player, the
destroyer of Love and the enemy of Mura, Narayana, the beloved consort of
Lakshmi, the best among the humans Vishnu when he assumed the form of half-lion
and half-man and the most exquisite of all.JAI MAADHAVA MUKUNDA,VANAMAALII KHALA
DALA MARDANA DAMANA KUCHAALII
JAI AGANITA INDRIYA SAARANGADHARA,VISHVA RUUPA VAAMANA AANANDA KARA

Salutations to
you, O Mahadeva, Mukunda and Vanamali! You destroy the wicked and subdue the ill
bred. Glory to you, the possessor of an infinite number of senses and the bearer
of the bow called Shaaranga! You are verily the world itself, Vamana and the
bestower of all happiness. (These names relate to the incarnations of Vishnu as
well as Krishna where the scriptures describe Krishna to be one of Vishnu’s
incarnations)JAI JAI LOKAADHYAKSHA DHANANJAYA,SAHASRAGYA
JAGANNAATHA JAYATI JAI
JAI MADHUSUUDANA ANUPAMA AANANA,JAYATI VAAYU-VAAHANA VAJRA KAANANA

Glory, glory to
you, O Dhananjaya (Vishnu), the sovereign ruler of the three spheres! Glory;
glory to you, the Lord of the world who has myriad of names! Glory to you O
Madhusudhana whose features are matchless, who ride the wind and who are like
thunderbolt to the trees of the forest.JAI GOVINDA JANAARDANA DEVAA,SHUBHA
PHALA LAHATA GAHATA TAVA SEVAA
SHYAAMA SARORUHA SAMA TANA SOHATA,DARSHANA KARATA SURA NARA MUNI MOHE

Glory to you, O
supreme Lord Krishna and Vishnu. He who attends on you is rewarded with all the
propitious fruits of his service. Your touching charm matches the beauty of the
dark lotus and enchants all the gods, men, ascetics and adepts who behold you.BHAALA VISHAALA MUKUTA SIRA SAAJATA,URA
VAIJANTII MAALA VIRAAJATA
TIRACHII BHRIKUTI CHAAPA JANU DHAARE,TINA TARA NAINA KAMALA ARUNAARE

Your forehead
is broad and your head is bedecked with a resplendent crown; on your bosom lies
the famous garland called Vaijayanti (the mythological garland of Vishnu), your
arched eyebrows look like a drawn bow and the eyes underneath them are ruddy
like red lotuses.NAASAA CHIBUKA KAPOLA MANOHARA,NRIDU
MUSKAANA KUNJA ADHARANA PARA
JANU MANI PANKTI DASHANA MANA BHAAVANA,BASANA PIITA TANA PARAMA SUHAAVANA

You are
four-armed, in guise most beautiful and decked with ornaments. The position of
your hands looks as if you are purging the world of its impurities. Your palms,
which are red as lotus, are winsome and your virtues deep and inexhaustible as
the ocean of tenderness and beauty. You are verily the treasure house of bliss.KARA MAHAN LASITA SHANKHA ATI PYAARAA,SUBHAGA
SHABDA JAI DENE HAARAA
RAVI SAMA CHAKRA DVITIIYA KARA DHAARE,KHALA DALA DAANAVA SAINYA SANHAARE

There is a
conch-shell in your hand all bright and beautiful, an instrument whose musical
sound is auspicious to the ears and ensures victory (to the suppliant). In your
second hand lies a missile, the disc, as shining a the sun, which destroyed the
host of wicked demons.TRITIIYA HASTA MAHAN GADAA PRAKAASHANA,SADAA
TAAPA TRAYA PAAPA VINAASHANA
PADMA CHATURTHA HAATHA MAHAN DHAARE,CHARI PADAARATHA DENE HAARE

Your conveyance
is Garura who is swift as mind and whom you, Lord, forsake for the well being of
your votaries. Reaching there you protect their honor, for you are matchless, O
Hari, in following your devotees.DHANI DHANI MAHIMAA AGAMA ANANTAA,DHYANA
BHAKTAVATSALA BHAGVANTAA
JABA JABA SURAHIN ASURA DUKHA DIINHAA,TABA TABA PRAKATI KASHTA HARI LIINHAA

Blessed, all
blessed is your glory, O Lord, which transcends all comprehension by the senses
and is infinite! And blessed are you who love your devotees as your own
children! Whenever the demons afflicted the celestials, you made your appearance
and relieved them of their distress.SURA NARA MUNI BRHAMAADI MAHESHUU,SAHI
NA SAKYO ATI KATHINA KALESHUU
TABA TAHAN DHARI BAHURUUPA NIRANTARA,MARDYO DALA DAANAVAHI BHAYANKARA

When the
assembly of gods like Brahma and Mahesh and all the company of hermits found
their affliction beyond endurance you always appeared there in different forms
and destroyed all the dreadful herd of demons.SHAYYAA SHESHA SINDHU BICHA SAAJITA,SANGA
LAKSHMII SADAA VIRAAJITA
PUURANA SHAKTI DHAANYA-DHANA KHAANII,AANANDA BHAKTI BHARANII SUKHA DAANII

The serpent
Shesha is your couch, fully bedecked, in the midst of the ocean; in your company
are the ever-resplendent goddess of wealth Lakshmi, who is power supreme and an
inexhaustible mine of riches. Blessed is she who bestows happiness, sustains
devotion and causes bliss.JAASU VIARDA NIGAMAAGAMA GAAVATA,SHAARADA
SHESHA PAARA NAHIN PAAVATA
RAMAA RAADHIKAA SIYA SUKHA DHAAMAA,SOHI VISHNU KRISHNA ARU RAAMAA

O Vishnu,
though your majesty is hymned by the Vedas and the Shastras, it is so
measureless that even Saraswati, the originator of letters and their meaning,
and Shesha, for all his thousand-tongues cannot fathom it. You are the abode of
all bliss to Lakshmi, Radhika and Sita as Vishnu, Krishna and Rama all of whom
are the same.AGANITA RUUPA ANUUPA APAARAA,NIRGUNA
SAGUNA SVARUUPA TUMHAARAA
NAHIN KACHU BHEDA VEDA ASA BHAASATA,BHAKTANA SE NAHIN ANTARA RAAKHATA

Your forms are
countless, incomparable and infinite; you are both personal and impersonal. To
the Vedas there is no distinction between them, nor is there any difference
between you and your votaries.SHRI PRAYAAGA DURVAASAA DHAAMAA,SUNDARDAASA
TIVAARII GRAAMAA
JAGA HITA LAAGI TUMAHIN JAGADIISHAA,NIJA MATI RACHYO VISHNU-CHAALIISAA

O Lord of the
universe, Sundardaasa, an inhabitant of the village Tiwari, composed this hymn
Vishnuchalisa as well as he could for your devotees and dedicated it to you
while still dwelling in the hermitage of the seer Durvasa at Allahabad.JO CHITTA DAI NITA PARHATA PARHAAVATA,PUURANA
BHAKTI SHAKTI SARASAAVATA
ATI SUKHA VASATA, RUUJA RINA NAASHATA,VAIBHAVA VIKAASATA, SUMATI PRAKASHATA

He who chants
and induces others to chant, this hymn regularly with all attention is filled
with the delight of both might and devotion; he abides in supreme happiness,
recovers from disease and debt, and becomes increasingly prosperous, his wit
growing sharper and sharper everyday.AAVATA SUKHA GAAVATA SHRUTI
SHAARADABHAASHATA VYAASA-VACHANA RISHI NAARADA
MILATA SUBHAGA PHALA SHOKA NASAAVATA ANTA SAMAYA JANA HARI PADA PAAVATA

The four Vedas,
Saraswati, Vyasa and the seer Narada all recite it and declare that such a
recital of the Vishnuchalisa brings happiness and besides yielding all the
delicious fruits of life, it also destroys all griefs and helps attain the
supreme state in the end.

May the devout
enshrine the lord of the worlds in their hearts and with profound devotion fix
their minds on him with bowed head; may they offer basil leaves to the image of
Vishnu and considering that the body is transient, abandon all pride. They
should regard the Supreme Lord as the only reality and the world as
insubstantial. Having discovered the truth may the devout hold the mystical
syllable Om, which symbolizes Brahma, in their hearts, for that would lead to
self-realization and salvation. When the flowers of peace and goodwill bloom in
the heart, the devotees are blessed with the fruit of these forty verses and the
Lord becomes favourable to them. To him who reads VishnuChalisa once everyday
the lord of Dwarka (Krishna) provides all the four rewards ( Dharma (ethical
perfection), artha (wealth), Kama (sensual delights) and Moksha (final release)
and the nine divine treasures.